Skangas Third LNG Carrier Named
Scandinavian small-scale LNG supplier Skangas said January 25 that the naming ceremony took place at the port of Turku in Finland of its newest, ultra-robust, Germany-built LNG carrier.
Coral EnergICE, the first LNG carrier holding the Ice Class 1A Super was named that day, and delivered to its Dutch shipowner, Anthony Veder, by the Rostock, Germany-based shipyard Neptun Werft (The vessel is pictured above, courtesy of Skangas).
The 18,000 m3 LNG carrier is specially designed and constructed to operate in the Baltic Sea and will be used by Skangas to ship LNG to its terminal in Pori, western Finland, and its joint venture Manga LNG terminal Tornio in the far north of Finland. Its hull is reinforced to break through one-meter thick ice, with engines and generators designed to give the vessel extra power when sailing through thick ice and harsh winter conditions, said Skangas, adding that it has a dual fuel engine, and uses LNG boil-off gas as a fuel for its main and auxiliary engines, making the ship fully compliant with future emission rules.
Skangas CEO Kimmo Rahkamo said: "The new vessel supports our goal to develop the Nordic LNG infrastructure and gas market." Skangas is 70% owned by Finnish utility Gasum, 30% by Norway's Lyse.
Anthony Veder's CEO, Jan Valkier says: "Coral EnergICE is the third LNG carrier we have delivered to our long-term customer Skangas in the past five years. The high-tech vessel is capable of serving the northern Finnish harbor of Tornio all year around, even when temperatures reach as low as -25 Celsius."
Neptun Werft managing director, Raimon Strunck says: "Following the successful delivery of Coral Energy in 2012... the new vessel's design is based on Coral Energy, enhanced with technological innovations and construction adaptations for extreme cold weather conditions, thereby giving her the 1A Super ice class classification."